Garment.



S. C. SALZENSTEIN.

GARMENT.

APPL2CATION FILED MAY 22. 19 2.

1,153,523,, Patented Sept. 14, 1915 Wmvzssns I vrmo about the person.

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SOLOMON C. SALZENSTEIN, OF IEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHIC MFG. (30., OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

GARMENT.

Application filed May 22, 1912. Serial No. 698,930.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SoLoMoN C. SALzEN- STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, vwhich will enable others skilled in.

the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to garments.

The object of my invention is to provide an apron or auxiliary garment that will, when applied, extend over both front and rear portions of the wearer, but leaving openings at the sides, and to so join the parts relatively as to provide normal fullness that when the wearer is seated, prevents tightening or binding of the auxiliary garment In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a section or pattern of my improved garment; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the complete garment, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing my improved auxiliary garment applied.

In the figures, 2 is designed to representa pattern designed in cutting to produce the garment. It represents one-half of each of sections 3 and 4. In practice, the goods is doubled and pattern 2 is utilized as the form or guide for cutting. It produces the lobed portions 3 and 4. with the arc shape 5 at the top, as shown. The are shape portion 5 of the pattern 2 may be varied, as shown by dotted lines, to accomplish the forming of waist bands of difierent sizes. The greater the diameter of the circle of which the are forms a part, the greater will be the size of the waist band and the less the diameter of the circle, the smaller the waist band.

The two sections 3 and 4 are joined together as at 6 and are provided with interengaging means, as fastening upon edges 9 and 10 adapte to be united in the usual way to apply the garment to the wearer.

11 is a waist band.

The edges 6, 9 and 10 of the lobe sections Specification of Letters Patent.

(parts 7 and 8,

Patented swa 1915.

3 and 4 are so formed helow the jiiinededges as tOI provide open space between the sections for the purpose of prodiicing a front and rear apron effect, independently depending so as to not bind upon the garments of the wearer. This form, together with the fullness, is also provided to lend attractiveness to the appearance of the garment.

lVhile I have shown herein thelobe sections of the same length and the edges joined upon straight lines, I do not wish to confine myself to any particular length of the front and rear portions of the garment, nor to a strict straight line connection of the sections of the garment, but claim all forms and structures that fall legitimately within the principle and purpose herein set out.

What I claim is 1. An apron formed from a flat blank said blank composed of two members constituting the front and rear portions of the apron each member being of substantially the same shape and contour and having an inwardly curved upper end, the two members being secured together at one side near the upper end thereof with the inwardly curved upper ends forming a continuous arc, the line of connection between the two members being disposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of each member, with the longitudinal axis of each member disposed at an angle to each other, the unconnected outer side edge of each member being out near their upper ends so as to form with the longitudinal axis of its respective member, an angle equal in degree to the angle formed by the line of connection between the members and their longitudinal side edges terminating near their upper ends in converging straight edges, the-upper edge of each member oetween the converging edges being curved inwardly, the two merebers being secured together along adjacent converging edges forming an inverted V- shaped opening between the lower portions of the members, with the inwardly curved upper ends of the members forming a continuous are when the apron is laid fiat, fastening means along the other converging edges of the members whereby said converging edges are detachably secured together,

the secured converging edges of both mem- 10 here being disposed at each side of the wearer when the apron 1s in operative posltlon.

In testimony whereof I. have affixed my W. V. TEFFT.

@oples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatent's,

Washington, 3). G. 

